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She is typically depicted wearing a Roman garment and with a lion, the <a href="/wiki/Leo_Belgicus" title="Leo Belgicus">Leo Belgicus</a>, by her side. In addition to the symbol of a national maiden, there were also symbolic provincial maidens and town maidens. </p><p>The Dutch Maiden has been used as a national symbol since the 16th century. During the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Revolt">Dutch Revolt</a>, a maiden representing the <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of the Netherlands">United Provinces of the Netherlands</a> became a recurrent theme in allegorical <a href="/wiki/Cartoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartoons">cartoons</a>. In early depictions she may be shown in the "<a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Holland" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden of Holland">Garden of Holland</a>", a small garden surrounded by a fence, recalling the medieval <a href="/wiki/Hortus_conclusus" title="Hortus conclusus">hortus conclusus</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>. On 25 May 1694, the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Holland_and_West_Friesland" title="States of Holland and West Friesland">States of Holland and West Friesland</a> introduced a uniform coin design for the United Provinces, showing a Dutch Maiden leaning on a <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">bible</a> placed on an <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> and holding a lance with the <a href="/wiki/Cap_of_liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap of liberty">cap of liberty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_pole" title="Liberty pole">Liberty pole</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hubert_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hubert-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-Gysius-Oorsprong-en-voortgang_9076.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4140" data-file-height="3324" /></a><figcaption>The Dutch maiden threatened by a Spanish soldier. From Gysius: <i>Oorsprong en voortgang</i>, 1616.</figcaption></figure> <p>Initially carrying a <a href="/wiki/Martyr%27s_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyr's palm">martyr's palm</a>, by the late 17th century she often carries a <a href="/wiki/Cap_of_liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap of liberty">cap of liberty</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Liberty_pole" title="Liberty pole">liberty pole</a>, though the hat is a conventional male style for the period, rather than the <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">Phrygian cap</a> that later images of liberty personified in other countries used.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Alongside the type of depiction with a liberty pole, which is usually costumed in more or less modern styles, images in the <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> classical dress that was more conventional for such personifications are also found. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="19th-century_and_later">19th-century and later</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 19th-century and later"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg/220px-Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="392" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg/330px-Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg/440px-Leo_Belgicus_Philipp_von_Zesen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="1048" /></a><figcaption>The Dutch Maiden always carries her <a href="/wiki/Cap_of_liberty" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap of liberty">cap of liberty</a> on a pole, and it is not of the <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">Phrygian cap</a> form.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 1660</figcaption></figure> <p>During the French Revolutionary occupation, the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Batavian_Republic" title="Batavian Republic">Batavian Republic</a> adopted the Dutch Maiden as its main symbol. The symbol was depicted on the upper left corner of the Batavian Republic's flag, with a lion at her feet. In one hand, she holds a shield with the <a href="/wiki/Fasces" title="Fasces">Roman fasces</a> and in the other a lance crowned with the cap of liberty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden199538–39_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden199538–39-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dutch Maiden continued to be used as a symbol after the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> in 1815. She was integrated into a number of 19th century monuments, including: </p> <ul><li>the statue in the centre of Plein 1813 in <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the statue commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heiligerlee_(1568)" title="Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)">Battle of Heiligerlee</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and</li> <li>the statue on the Nieuwemarkt in <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maiden_as_a_provincial_or_town_symbol">Maiden as a provincial or town symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Maiden as a provincial or town symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting around the time of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, it was not uncommon for a Dutch province to be symbolized by the image of a maiden, e.g. "the Maiden of Holland". </p><p>A "town maiden" (<i>stedenmaagd</i>) was sometimes used to symbolize a Dutch town, e.g. "the Maiden of Dordrecht". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maiden_of_Dordrecht">Maiden of Dordrecht</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Maiden of Dordrecht"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a relief on the 16th century <a href="/wiki/Groothoofdspoort" title="Groothoofdspoort">Groothoofdspoort</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dordrecht" title="Dordrecht">Dordrecht</a>, the Maiden of Dordrecht, holding the heraldic shield of Dordrecht, is seated in the symbolical Garden of Holland. She is surrounded by the heraldic shields of 15 cities. The same theme was the subject of a 1596 gift to the <a href="/wiki/Janskerk_(Gouda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Janskerk (Gouda)">St. Janskerk in Gouda</a> by the Dordrecht city council. From 19 to 23 July 1572, Dordrecht had been the scene of the first independent meeting of the provinces rebelling against Spanish rule. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dordrecht Maiden, 1596, stained glass window designed by Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp in the Janskerk, Gouda."><img alt="Dordrecht Maiden, 1596, stained glass window designed by Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp in the Janskerk, Gouda." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg/200px-Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg/300px-Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg/400px-Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas03-mitte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="1744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dordrecht Maiden, 1596, stained glass window designed by <a href="/wiki/Gerrit_Gerritsz_Cuyp" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp">Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Janskerk_(Gouda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Janskerk (Gouda)">Janskerk, Gouda</a>. </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maiden of Dordrecht depicted in the Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht in 1618."><img alt="Maiden of Dordrecht depicted in the Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht in 1618." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg/150px-Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg/225px-Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg/300px-Dordrecht_Groothoofdspoort_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Maiden of Dordrecht depicted in the <a href="/wiki/Groothoofdspoort" title="Groothoofdspoort">Groothoofdspoort</a> in Dordrecht in 1618.</div> </li> </ul> <p>In these symbols of Dordrecht, the heraldic shields are (clockwise from <a href="/wiki/Geertruidenberg" title="Geertruidenberg">Geertruidenberg</a>, the city shield on the "gate" of the garden) for the following towns: Geertruidenberg, <a href="/wiki/Schoonhoven" title="Schoonhoven">Schoonhoven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoorn" title="Hoorn">Hoorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weesp" title="Weesp">Weesp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leerdam" title="Leerdam">Leerdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naarden" title="Naarden">Naarden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muiden" title="Muiden">Muiden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medemblik" title="Medemblik">Medemblik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grootebroek" title="Grootebroek">Grootebroek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monnickendam" title="Monnickendam">Monnickendam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enkhuizen" title="Enkhuizen">Enkhuizen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asperen" title="Asperen">Asperen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heusden" title="Heusden">Heusden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiedam" title="Schiedam">Schiedam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vlaardingen" title="Vlaardingen">Vlaardingen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Garden_of_Holland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dutch Maiden in the garden of Holland, 1563, by Philips Galle"><img alt="Dutch Maiden in the garden of Holland, 1563, by Philips Galle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Garden_of_Holland.jpg/120px-Garden_of_Holland.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Garden_of_Holland.jpg/180px-Garden_of_Holland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Garden_of_Holland.jpg/240px-Garden_of_Holland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1197" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dutch Maiden in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Holland" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden of Holland">garden of Holland</a>, 1563, by <a href="/wiki/Philips_Galle" class="mw-redirect" title="Philips Galle">Philips Galle</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Same theme appearing in 1663, in Adriaen Matham's Counts of Holland series"><img alt="Same theme appearing in 1663, in Adriaen Matham's Counts of Holland series" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg/80px-32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg/120px-32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg/160px-32_afbeeldinge_der_Graven_van_HOLLANDT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Same theme appearing in 1663, in <a href="/wiki/Adriaen_Matham" title="Adriaen Matham">Adriaen Matham</a>'s <i>Counts of Holland</i> series</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_(Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic)_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flags of the Batavian Republic."><img alt="Flags of the Batavian Republic." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg/86px-Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg/128px-Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg/171px-Marine_Vlaggen_van_de_Bataafse_Republiek_%28Navy_Flags_of_the_Batavian_Republic%29_1796_Hendrik_Roosing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4065" data-file-height="5689" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flags of the Batavian Republic.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gérard de Lairesse, Allegory of the Freedom of Trade (glorifying the De Graeff family' as the protector of the Republican state), 1672"><img alt="Gérard de Lairesse, Allegory of the Freedom of Trade (glorifying the De Graeff family' as the protector of the Republican state), 1672" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg/118px-1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg/177px-1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg/236px-1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="891" data-file-height="907" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse" class="mw-redirect" title="Gérard de Lairesse">Gérard de Lairesse</a>, <i>Allegory of the Freedom of Trade</i> (glorifying the <a href="/wiki/De_Graeff" title="De Graeff">De Graeff</a> family' as the protector of the Republican state), 1672</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Friesland,_zilveren_halve_driegulden,_1696,_Leeuwarden_(back).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Back of 1696 Leeuwarden silver half 3 guilder coin, with the Latin inscription "HANC TUEMUR, HAC NITIMUR" ("We protect her; she supports us").[7]"><img alt="Back of 1696 Leeuwarden silver half 3 guilder coin, with the Latin inscription "HANC TUEMUR, HAC NITIMUR" ("We protect her; she supports us").[7]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG/120px-Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG/180px-Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG/240px-Friesland%2C_zilveren_halve_driegulden%2C_1696%2C_Leeuwarden_%28back%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1076" data-file-height="1074" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Back of 1696 <a href="/wiki/Leeuwarden" title="Leeuwarden">Leeuwarden</a> silver half 3 guilder coin, with the Latin inscription "HANC TUEMUR, HAC NITIMUR" ("We protect her; she supports us").<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Classical and military dress, book frontispiece, c. 1670"><img alt="Classical and military dress, book frontispiece, c. 1670" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif/lossy-page1-75px-Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif/lossy-page1-112px-Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif/lossy-page1-149px-Lieuwe-van-Aitzema-Saken-van-staet-en-oorlogh_MG_0394.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="5456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Classical and military dress, book frontispiece, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1670</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd,_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alternative classical style, at the national monument, Plein 1813, The Hague."><img alt="Alternative classical style, at the national monument, Plein 1813, The Hague." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg/120px-Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg/180px-Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg/240px-Beeld_van_de_Nederlandse_maagd%2C_bovenop_monument_1813_-_%27s-Gravenhage_-_20363409_-_RCE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3060" data-file-height="3060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Alternative classical style, at the national monument, Plein 1813, <a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue in Rotterdam, 1874, hat and costume in styles from the start of the Dutch Revolt."><img alt="Statue in Rotterdam, 1874, hat and costume in styles from the start of the Dutch Revolt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg/75px-Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg/112px-Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg/149px-Rotterdam_standbeeld_maagdvanholland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1621" data-file-height="2600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue in <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, 1874, hat and costume in styles from the start of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Revolt">Dutch Revolt</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1866spotprentart53.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dutch Maiden in a political cartoon. Per the 1848 Dutch Constitution "The King is immune, the ministers are responsible".,[8]"><img alt="Dutch Maiden in a political cartoon. Per the 1848 Dutch Constitution "The King is immune, the ministers are responsible".,[8]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1866spotprentart53.jpg/95px-1866spotprentart53.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1866spotprentart53.jpg/142px-1866spotprentart53.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/1866spotprentart53.jpg/189px-1866spotprentart53.jpg 2x" data-file-width="837" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dutch Maiden in a political cartoon. Per the 1848 Dutch Constitution "The King is immune, the ministers are responsible".,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_der_Waay.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dutch Maiden on a design for the Golden Coach, by Nicolaas van der Waay, 1898."><img alt="Dutch Maiden on a design for the Golden Coach, by Nicolaas van der Waay, 1898." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Van_der_Waay.jpeg/120px-Van_der_Waay.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Van_der_Waay.jpeg/180px-Van_der_Waay.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Van_der_Waay.jpeg/240px-Van_der_Waay.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="346" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dutch Maiden on a design for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Coach_(Netherlands)" title="Golden Coach (Netherlands)">Golden Coach</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_van_der_Waay" title="Nicolaas van der Waay">Nicolaas van der Waay</a>, 1898.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dutch Imperial Maiden (1916) with "The Netherlands' costliest jewel", a necklace representing the Dutch East Indies."><img alt="Dutch Imperial Maiden (1916) with "The Netherlands' costliest jewel", a necklace representing the Dutch East Indies." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg/70px-1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg/104px-1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg/139px-1916_Dutch_East_Indies_-_Art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dutch Imperial Maiden (1916) with "The Netherlands' costliest jewel", a necklace representing the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.muntenmuseum.nl/PDF/Staten%20Generaal%2025%20mei%201694.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2011-07-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-02-07</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=De+Munt+en+Munteryebetreffende&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muntenmuseum.nl%2FPDF%2FStaten%2520Generaal%252025%2520mei%25201694.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADutch+Maiden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hubert-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hubert_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden1995" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">de Vries, Hubert; van de Nederlanden, Wapens (1995). <i>De historische ontwikkeling van de heraldische symbolen van Nederland, België, hun provincies en Luxemburg</i> (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Jan Mets. p. 183, note 9.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=De+historische+ontwikkeling+van+de+heraldische+symbolen+van+Nederland%2C+Belgi%C3%AB%2C+hun+provincies+en+Luxemburg&rft.place=Amsterdam&rft.pages=183%2C+note+9&rft.pub=Uitgeverij+Jan+Mets&rft.date=1995&rft.aulast=de+Vries&rft.aufirst=Hubert&rft.au=van+de+Nederlanden%2C+Wapens&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADutch+Maiden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden199538–39-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden199538–39_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFde_Vriesvan_de_Nederlanden1995">de Vries & van de Nederlanden 1995</a>, pp. 38–39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanderkrogt.net/standbeelden/object.php?record=ZH15bg">"Nationale Onafhankelijkheid"</a>. <i>Van der Krogt sites</i> (in Dutch).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Van+der+Krogt+sites&rft.atitle=Nationale+Onafhankelijkheid&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanderkrogt.net%2Fstandbeelden%2Fobject.php%3Frecord%3DZH15bg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADutch+Maiden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanderkrogt.net/standbeelden/object.php?record=GR23cb">"Adolf van Nassau"</a>. <i>Van der Krogt sites</i> (in Dutch).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Van+der+Krogt+sites&rft.atitle=Adolf+van+Nassau&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanderkrogt.net%2Fstandbeelden%2Fobject.php%3Frecord%3DGR23cb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADutch+Maiden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanderkrogt.net/standbeelden/object.php?record=ZH58cf">"De Maagd van Holland"</a>. <i>Van der Krogt sites</i> (in Dutch).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Van+der+Krogt+sites&rft.atitle=De+Maagd+van+Holland&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanderkrogt.net%2Fstandbeelden%2Fobject.php%3Frecord%3DZH58cf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADutch+Maiden" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">It shows the Dutch Maiden holding a lance topped by a <a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">phrygian cap</a>, left hand leaning on a bible and standing on an altar. From the collection of the <a href="/wiki/Teylers_Museum" title="Teylers Museum">Teylers Museum</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Entitled <i>Ons Schibboleth</i>, printed in <i>De Nederlandsche Spectator</i>, 1866.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_Maiden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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